Mother of George Floyd's six-year-old daughter tearfully demands justice - Daily Mail

'Those officers get to go home to their families but Gianna does not have a father': Mother of George Floyd's daughter and the six-year-old demand justice after he was 'murdered' while being arrested by four cops

• George Floyd's daughter Gianna 'GiGi' Floyd and her mother Roxie Washington appeared at a press conference in Minneapolis on Tuesday 
• 'I want everyone to know that this is what those officers took from me,' Washington said, referencing the six-year-old standing next to her
• 'I'm here for my baby and I'm here for George because I want justice,' she added 
• Floyd, 46, was killed when white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pressed a knee into his neck for almost nine minutes during an arrest last week 
• Citizen video showed Floyd, who was handcuffed, begging to be let up and crying out 'I can't breathe' as Chauvin and three other officers ignored his pleas 
• Chauvin was charged with 3rd-degree murder but the others were not charged
• 'At the end of the day, they get to go home and be with their families,' Washington said of the officers. 'Gianna does not have a father'

By Megan Sheets For Dailymail.com

Published: 23:18 BST, 2 June 2020 | Updated: 00:14 BST, 3 June 2020

George Floyd's six-year-old daughter Gianna and her mother Roxie Washington shared their anguish over his brutal and sudden death as they called for people to remember him as more than just a symbol.   

Washington spoke on behalf of herself and Gianna at a press conference on Tuesday, eight days after Floyd, 46, was killed when white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pressed a knee into his neck for almost nine minutes during an arrest on Memorial Day. 

Protests erupted across the country after citizen video showed Floyd, who was handcuffed, begging to be let up and crying out 'I can't breathe' as Chauvin and three other officers ignored his pleas. 

'I don't have a lot to say, I can't get the words together right now,' Washington said as she choked back tears.

'I want everyone to know that this is what those officers took from me,' she said, referencing the small girl standing next to her.

'At the end of the day, they get to go home and be with their families. Gianna does not have a father. He will never see her grow up, graduate, he will never walk her down the aisle. If there's a problem and she needs her dad, she does not have that anymore.

'I'm here for my baby and I'm here for George because I want justice for him.

'He was good, no matter what anybody thinks, he was good. This is the proof.'

George Floyd's six-year-old daughter Gianna and her mother Roxie Washington shared their anguish over his brutal and sudden death at a press conference on Tuesday in Minneapolis

Gianna hid in the crook of her mother's arm as they stood in front of a flock of reporters 

Floyd is pictured with Gianna and her mother, Roxie Washington, in his former hometown of Houston. Washington told the Houston Chronicle her ex was a 'gentle giant'

Washington recalled how excited Floyd was when his daughter was born, saying: 'He was so happy to have her.' 

'He slept the whole time I was in labor, but when he heard her cry, he woke up,' she said. 

'I still have a picture of him waking up and getting his baby. He loved her. He loved her so much.'

As Washington and Gianna stepped back from the microphone, Floyd's longtime friend Stephen Jackson approached and placed his hands on the podium. 

The former NBA player stared at the floor for several seconds in silence before saying: 'It really don't make no sense. We all seen it plain as day.

He then motioned toward the media and said: 'Y'all in here with cameras to record what's in here so you can have it for later. So you can have proof of what happened today. Right?

'When you post that footage on your news station, you expect people to believe what you're posting and what you videoed is real, right?

'Why is it not that simple when someone is getting videoed and getting murdered? Why is it not that simple?' 

Gianna and Washington were joined by Floyd's longtime friend Stephen Jackson (right)

Before he spoke, Jackson stared down in silence for several seconds. 'It really don't make no sense. We all seen it plain as day,' he said in reference to the video of Floyd's death

Washington pulls Gianna in for a hug before speaking about the girl's father 

'Why do we have to see her pain?' Jackson asked, motioning back toward Washington. 'Why do we have to see a daughter getting raised without her father?' 

'But you know what? There's a lot of stuff you [Washington] said that he gon' miss, that I'm gon' be there for. I'm gon' walk her down the aisle. I'm gon' be there for her. I'm gon' be there to wipe your tears,' he to scattered applause. 

'Floyd might not be here, but I'm here for her. I'm here to get justice. We gon' get justice for my brother. We not leaving. We gon' keep fighting. We gon' send my brother home in beautiful ways this week, but I'm telling you, we are not leaving. 

'We demanded justice. And I'm tired of seeing that. I'm not gon' see her hurt like that every day. We need justice. We demand it. And some goddamn way we gon' get it. 

'Thank y'all for coming, but this shit has to stop.'  

Washington embraces her daughter after delivering her tearful remarks 

Gianna remained quiet throughout the brief press conference while all eyes were on her

Jackson wears a COVID-19 mask as he holds Gianna before the press conference began

Gianna clings to her mother's arm as Washington cried following her remarks

Washington remembered Floyd (pictured) as a 'good man' who was 'so happy to have' Gianna

Floyd's family have repeatedly called for Chauvin to be charged with first-degree murder and for the other officers involved in his fatal arrest to face charges as well. 

The family requested an independent autopsy which refuted Hennepin County medical examiners' claims that underlying health conditions and drug use were contributing factors in Floyd's death. 

Tuesday's press conference came hours after the state of Minnesota filed a human rights complaint against the Minneapolis Police Department and promised to conduct a full investigation. 

'The investigation will review MPD's policies, procedures and practices over the last 10 years to determine whether the department has used systemic discriminatory practices against people of color,' Gov Tim Walz said at a news conference announcing the complaint.  

Bystander video showed Floyd pleading to be let up and saying repeatedly that he couldn't breath as Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pinned him to the ground for nearly nine minutes. The medical examiner's finding that the death was a homicide by asphyxiation confirms the same conclusion of the independent autopsy that was also released on Monday, but there are key differences over the cause

Floyd's death sparked a massive uprising across the nation as citizens call for an end to racial injustice and police brutality that's led to the deaths of thousands of black Americans. 

While most of the demonstrations have been peaceful protests, others have descended into violence as police use strong-arm tactics including tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds.  

The unrest has given way to riots and looting in several cities where the National Guard and curfews are in place in an attempt to keep the peace.  

Floyd's younger brother, Terrence, called for an end to the violence on Monday as he visited a makeshift memorial at the spot where his sibling died. 

Terrence told those looting and rioting their actions would 'not bring his brother back' and implored people to take their frustrations to the voting booths.   

'I understand you are all are upset. But I doubt you are half as upset as I am,' Terrence said in an impromptu eulogy. 

'So if I'm not over here wilding out, if I'm not over here blowing up stuff, if I'm not over here messing with my community, then what are y'all doing? Y'all doing nothing, but that's not going to bring my brother back at all. 

'My family is a peaceful family. My family is God-fearing. Let's switch it up and do this peacefully, please. I know he would not want y'all to be doing this.'

He told protesters: 'In every case of police brutality, the same thing has been happening: you protest, you destroy stuff, and they don't move. 

'You know why they don't move? Because it's not their stuff, it's our stuff, so they want us to destroy our stuff. So let's do this another way. 

'Let's stop thinking that our voice don't matter, and vote. Not just for the president but vote for the preliminaries, vote for everybody. Educate yourself. Don't wait for somebody else to tell you who's who. Educate yourself and know who you're voting for.' 

George Floyd's brother Terrence called for an end to the violence as he delivered emotional speech on the spot where his sibling was 'murdered' by white cop Derek Chauvin a week ago. Terrence is pictured at the scene, center

Terrence broke down at the spot where his brother was taken into custody, telling the crowds: 'I understand you are all are upset. But I doubt you are half as upset as I am'

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Violence erupts at Paris antiracism protest as police fire tear gas into 20,000-strong crowd - Daily Mail

Violence erupts at Paris antiracism protest as police fire tear gas into 20,000-strong crowd 'who gathered illegally because of coronavirus restrictions'

• Thousands attended a peaceful protest outside the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in the French capital
• Demonstration arranged by supporters of black 24-year-old Adama Traore who died in police custody in 2016
• Police had banned the protest over coronavirus restrictions but were faced with thousands of demonstrators
• Police fired tear gas and protesters threw debris as protest was winding down - sparking violence
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By Peter Allen In Paris and William Cole For Mailonline

Published: 22:20 BST, 2 June 2020 | Updated: 23:07 BST, 2 June 2020

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Violence erupted in Paris tonight after thousands of demonstrators turned up at a banned protest against alleged racist policing in support of two black men separately killed in police custody.

Riot police fired tear gas as scattered protesters pelted them with debris and set fires outside the Tribunal de Paris courthouse, at the tail-end of a demonstration against racial injustice and heavy-handed police tactics.

Several thousand people had previously rallied peacefully for two hours outside the courthouse as global outrage over the death of George Floyd in the Minnesota kindled frustrations across borders and continents. 

The protest was originally planned for Tuesday evening by supporters of Adama Traore, a 24-year-old black Frenchman of Malian origin who died in similar circumstances to Mr Floyd in July 2016. 

But Didier Lallement, the Paris police prefect, said it could not go ahead because of Coronavirus restrictions on public demonstrations that forbid any gathering of more than 10 people. 

He also said feared disturbances, and later added that police in the Paris regions were 'neither violent nor racist'.

But huge crowds turned up anyway, undeterred by the warning, and by 9.30pm fires had been lit underneath the Boulevard Périphérique, the ring road around the French capital.

Violence erupted in Paris tonight after thousands of demonstrators turned up at a banned protest against alleged racist policing in support of two black men separately killed in police custody

Several thousand people had previously rallied peacefully for two hours outside the courthouse as global outrage over the death of George Floyd in the Minnesota kindled frustrations across borders and continents

With the demonstration winding down, police fired tear gas and protesters could be seen throwing debris. Two small fires broke out, and green and grey barriers surrounding a construction site were knocked over

The protest was originally planned for Tuesday evening by supporters of Adama Traore, a 24-year-old black Frenchman of Malian origin who died in similar circumstances to Mr Floyd in July 2016

But Didier Lallement, the Paris police prefect, said it could not go ahead because of Coronavirus restrictions on public demonstrations that forbid any gathering of more than 10 people

Tensions also erupted at a related protest in the southern city of Marseille. French protests sometimes degenerate into violence by a few rowdy demonstrators

Projectiles including fireworks were also being thrown at the police, who estimated the crowd number at 20,000.

'Gangs are getting on to the road and stopping the traffic too,' said a demonstrator at the scene. 'The fires are huge - it's getting very ugly indeed.'

With the demonstration winding down, police fired tear gas and protesters could be seen throwing debris. Two small fires broke out, and green and grey barriers surrounding a construction site were knocked over.

Tensions also erupted at a related protest in the southern city of Marseille. French protests sometimes degenerate into violence by a few rowdy demonstrators.

In a sign of solidarity, demonstrations were also held in other French cities in honour of Traore, who died shortly after his arrest in 2016, and in solidarity with Americans demonstrating against Floyd's death.

The Traore case has become emblematic of the fight against police brutality in France. The circumstances of the death of the 24-year-old Frenchman of Malian origin are still under investigation after four years of conflicting medical reports about what happened.

Mr Traore had run away from a police check in Beaumont-sur-Oise, a town north of Paris, and hours later died at a nearby police station.

The vague circumstances of the incident have led to allegations of a state cover-up, and his family have been fighting for justice ever since.

In a sign of solidarity, demonstrations were also held in several French cities in honour of Traore, who died shortly after his arrest in 2016, and in solidarity with Americans demonstrating against Floyd's death.

Huge crowds turned up undeterred by the police warning, and by 9.30pm fires had been lit underneath the Boulevard Périphérique, the ring road around the French capital

There have been frequent complaints about racist violence carried out by the French police, particularly in incidents involving young black men, or those from Arab backgrounds

They say he died from asphyxiation caused by officers, while police claim Mr Traore died from a heart attack due to pre-existing medical condition.

In a new video message posted on social media on Tuesday, Mr Traore's sister, Assa Traore, said people should show their anger 'at a time when the world, when France is outraged by the death of George Floyd'.

She said both Mr Traore and Mr Floyd 'had used the same words, their last words: "I can't breathe, I can't breathe," and said medical experts working for the police were releasing reports that were 'racist and untrue'. 

The lawyer for two of the three police officers involved in Traore's arrest, Rodolphe Bosselut, said the Floyd and Traore cases 'have strictly nothing to do with each other.' Bosselut also alleged that Traore's death wasn't linked with the conditions of his arrest but other factors, including a pre-existing medical condition.

Traore's family continue to say he died from asphyxiation because of police tactics.

There have been frequent complaints about racist violence carried out by the French police, particularly in incidents involving young black men, or those from Arab backgrounds.

In 2017, four officers were accused of anally violating a 22-year-old called Theo Luhaka with a telescopic truncheon, causing him lifelong injuries, in the Paris suburb of Aulnay-sous-Bois.

It comes as police also face criminal charges for a series of allegedly racist attacks as they enforced curfews and other tough law and order measures during the Coronavirus crisis.

Protests over the killing have escalated worldwide, with protestor all across Europe sending their solidarity with US demonstrators increasingly mixed with local worries

A female protestor holds up a sign reading 'Who do you call when the police murders' in reference to George Floyd and Adama Traore, black men who both died in police custody

Streets surrounding Paris' largest courthouse were close down by the protestors, who later spilled into the traffic as the event ended

Riot police are seen sealing off a road with police vans as a pile of debris including a bicycle and railings burn in the middle of the road

Prosecutors opened an enquiry in April after a 30-year-old motorcyclist from an Arab Muslim background was critically injured following a collision with an unmarked police car in Villeneuve-la-Garenne, which is less than 10 miles from central Paris.

This led to emergency workers including police becoming the target of rioters, who threw rocks and fireworks. 

Diplomatic ire percolated too, with the European Union's top foreign policy official saying the bloc was 'shocked and appalled' by Floyd's death. 

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell's remarks in Brussels were the strongest to come out of the 27-nation bloc, saying Floyd's death was a result of an abuse of power.

Borrell told reporters that 'like the people of the United States, we are shocked and appalled by the death of George Floyd.' He underlined that Europeans 'support the right to peaceful protest, and also we condemn violence and racism of any kind, and for sure, we call for a de-escalation of tensions.' 

Protests over the killing have escalated worldwide, with protestor all across Europe sending their solidarity with US demonstrators increasingly mixed with local worries.

'When you refuse to treat the problem of racism ... it leads to what we see in the United States,' said Dominique Sopo, head of French activist group SOS Racisme. 'The case of George Floyd echoes what we fear in France.'

Floyd died last week after a police officer pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes even after he stopped moving and pleading for air. The death set off protests that spread across America - and now, beyond.

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Coronavirus: Health secretary pledges action on BAME COVID-19 deaths - Sky News

"Much more work needs to be done" to understand the impact of the coronavirus on black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, a minister has admitted.

Speaking at the daily COVID-19 briefing, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he had been "really struck" by the "clear difference" in the proportion of people dying with coronavirus who are from ethnic minority backgrounds.

"I totally understand the concerns that people have and I understand the anger that people feel about racial injustice more broadly," he said, declaring: "Black lives matter."

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The health secretary added: "I share it [the anger] and we want to tackle it. I fully acknowledge that and it is very very important that we address that."

Mr Hancock was speaking after the release of a report from Public Health England which said that BAME individuals are up to twice as likely to die with the virus than those from a white British background.

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The report showed that, after accounting for the effect of sex, age, deprivation and region, people of Bangladeshi ethnicity were found to have around twice the risk of death.

Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, other Asian, Caribbean and other black ethnicities had between a 10% and 50% greater risk of dying.

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The highest diagnosis rate per 100,000 population was in black ethnic groups (486 in females and 649 in males) and the lowest in white ethnic groups (220 in females and 224 in males).

The health secretary said "there's much more work that needs to be done and this report shows that".

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Mr Hancock said equalities minister Kemi Badenoch has been asked to carry out further work on the issue in response to the PHE report.

He added that the government would be looking at "what is driving these disparities and how the different risk factors interact" with ethnicity - such as age, gender and occupation - and what more could be done.

Mr Hancock said the link between ethnicity and the occupations that people do "is an important part of this conundrum", adding that more work was needed to find out what factors there were "over and above" the impact of being in frontline jobs and living in urban areas.

Ministers have been criticised for failing to offer specific recommendations for BAME communities to help protect themselves.

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Critics have also said that the PHE report restated what is already widely known about the effect of COVID-19 on those from ethnic minorities.

Labour's shadow women and equalities secretary Marsha de Cordova said: "This review confirms what we already knew - that racial and health inequalities amplify the risks of COVID-19."

She added: "But when it comes to the question of how we reduce these disparities, it is notably silent. It presents no recommendations. Having the information is a start - but now is the time for action."

Figures show lowest levels of excess deaths

Asked what he would say to people from BAME communities worried about the risk from coronavirus, Mr Hancock said: "The number one thing I'd say is that for anybody in a higher risk group, the most important thing to do is stringently to follow the social distancing guidelines, including the work on social distancing at work that has been published.

"For all of the different high risk categories that the data demonstrates, it's really important that people follow those social distancing guidelines very stringently.

"We've been very clear about this from the start about those who either have a medical condition and as the PHE report says, age is the number one risk factor. Around 90% of deaths are of the over 65s.

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"The direct answer to the question is the same as to everybody, but with more emphasis.

"Social distancing is the best way to keep yourself safe and keep others safe, alongside the hygiene and washing your hands and making sure that if you have symptoms, get a test."

The health secretary said he understood the "yearning" for specific measures, saying "we will put action in place as soon as we can".

"We won't wait for a report - I've got to talk to Kemi about a timeline for it... but I totally understand the urgency, the importance and the sensitivity of getting this right," Mr Hancock said.

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Coronavirus: Evening update as report finds ethnic minorities are at greater risk - BBC News

Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Tuesday evening. We'll have another update for you on Wednesday morning.

1. Being from an ethnic minority is a risk factor

People from ethnic minorities are at a higher risk of dying from coronavirus than white British people, a much-anticipated report by Public Health England says.

It shows age remains the biggest risk factor, while being male is another, as is living in a city.

But the impact of Covid-19 is also "disproportionate" for people from Asian, Caribbean and black ethnicities and it's unclear why - or what can be done about it.

The government is stressing it is taking the report's findings seriously and asked equalities minister Kemi Badenoch to continue working on the issue alongside PHE. "Black lives matter," Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the daily government briefing.

In the meantime, he says those in at risk groups should "stringently" follow social distancing and hand-washing advice.

2. More controversy over testing figures

There's more criticism of the way the government has been handling its testing data - this time from the chairman of the UK Statistics Authority.

Sir David Norgrove has sent Mr Hancock a strongly-worded letter, in which he says the presentation of figures appears to be aimed at showing "the largest possible number of tests, even at the expense of understanding".

The government has not so far explained how many home test kits sent out to the public have actually been returned. Figures for the number of people tested as opposed to the number of tests carried out are not currently available.

There has been a dramatic increase in laboratory capacity to process tests which has helped make testing more widely available, says our health editor, Hugh Pym, but the message from the statistics watchdog is that public confidence will be undermined if the numbers are not transparent.

Are the figures on testing misleading? Read more from BBC Reality Check here.

3. Weekly deaths at lowest rate since March

Figures released by the Office for National Statistics showed there were 2,872 deaths linked to coronavirus registered in the UK in the week ending 22 May - the lowest weekly figure since March.

Overall, there have been 190,000 deaths during the pandemic - nearly 62,000 above what would be expected for the time of year - and 48,106 where coronavirus was mentioned on the death certificate.

Back at the start of the UK lockdown, government scientific advisers said 20,000 deaths from the virus would be a "good" outcome. The UK passed that milestone back in April.

Meanwhile, the latest government figures report that 39,369 people with coronavirus have died in the UK, across all settings, with an increase of 324 deaths on Monday's figures.

5. Desperate for a dip?

Tensions are continuing in some coastal areas struggling to cope with large numbers of visitors heading to beaches in the sunny weather. It doesn't help that swimming pools are still not able to open, despite the easing of some other lockdown restrictions. Swimming organisations are drawing up plans for what new rules pools might have to bring in when they do eventually reopen - including asking swimmers to arrive "beach ready" in their costumes instead of using changing rooms.

Meanwhile, many have been trying to cool off at home instead. People spending more time at home, combined with the record-breaking run of dry and sunny weather is causing a surge in demand for water and something of a double-whammy for the UK's water companies.

They are asking us to be careful how much we use, avoid hosepipes and sprinklers and not to fill paddling pools.

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Empty streets, home-made haircuts and a giant NHS thank you cut into a field are among 200 images chosen by Historic England to best reflect the nation's experience of lockdown.

The organisation received more than 3,000 responses to its appeal for the public to photograph their experiences for inclusion in its archive - the first time it had made such a call since World War Two.

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